Founding Architect
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Were looking for an exceptional Founding Engineer & Software Architect to join us at ground zero and shape the architecture systems and engineering culture of a venture-backed legaltech startup. This is not a plug-and-play role youll be writing the blueprint setting the standard and building the foundation of a product and company designed to scale.
Youll collaborate directly with the co-founders owning end-to-end system design and full-stack implementation while influencing product direction and recruiting top engineering talent. If youre looking to leapHead of Engineering or future CTO this is your platform.
What Youll Do:
Architect our platform from the ground up define systems infrastructure and integrations that power core features and scale with us
Lead backend and infrastructure design using modern cloud-native tooling (GCP containerization CI/CD observability)
Drive full-stack feature delivery working closely with domain experts and founders to build ship and iterate fast
Mentor and manage junior and mid-level engineers as we grow; implement engineering best practices and clean design patterns
Make key technical decisions around performance security and reliability in a data-sensitive environment
Recruit and build a high-caliber engineering team known for shipping excellence and product obsession
Define and shape culture balancing velocity with thoughtful architecture in a high-ownership low-ego team
You Might Be a Fit If You:
Have 510 years of software engineering experience including leading architecture or platform decisions at a successful VC-backed startup
Have deep fluency with JavaScript/TypeScript React and distributed systems
Have designed high-scale production-grade infrastructure on GCP (or AWS/Azure) and are comfortable owning DevOps pipelines
Thrive in zero-to-one environments: youre energized by ambiguity and love turning ideas into reality fast
Are a clear communicator able to influence product prioritize trade-offs and bridge technical and non-technical minds
Care deeply about code quality developer experience and long-term technical vision
Bonus Points For:
A degree in CS or EE from a top-tier university (Stanford MIT CMU Berkeley etc.)
Prior experience at a hypergrowth startup or as a first or second engineering hire
Passion for transforming legacy industries or experience with legaltech fintech or regulated sectors
This is an opportunity to architect not just software but an entire companys technical DNA. If youre hungry for impact love building from first principles and want to join a mission-driven startup at its inflection point lets talk.
oftware Architect & Lead EngineerBuild what the future of legaltech runs on.
Key Skills
- APIs
- Pegasystems
- Spring
- SOAP
- .NET
- Hybris
- Solution Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Adobe Experience Manager
- J2EE
- Java
- Oracle
About Company
Over a dozen years of talent acquisition and recruiting experience to set you on the right path. Find out more "When we work with you, we roll up our sleeves and become your business partner. Our success is measured by the success of your company. That's why we invest whatever resourc ... View more
